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systemd 252-rc1 Introduces New systemd-measure Tool, Other New Features

Phoronix - Sat, 10/08/2022 - 01:10
Systemd 252-rc1 is out as the first test candidate ahead of this next big feature release for this dominant Linux init systemd. Systemd 252 has been working on a new "systemd-measure" tool and a wide variety of other changes...

Fwupd 1.8.6 Released With Smaller Package Size, New Hardware Support

Phoronix - Sat, 10/08/2022 - 00:30
Fwupd 1.8.6 is out today as the newest stable release of this open-source firmware updating tool most notably used by Linux systems but also supported on various BSDs and even Windows...

Intel Preps The Linux Kernel For LKGS - Part Of FRED

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 22:30
Intel on Thursday sent out the initial Linux kernel patches for supporting the LKGS instruction coming with future processors...

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Linux Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 19:50
At the end of September when the review embargo lifted I looked at the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and 7950X for our launch-day Linux testing and that was then followed by the Ryzen 7 7700X Linux review. Since then I received the fourth and final Ryzen 7000 series desktop processor currently available: the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. The Ryzen 5 7600X is currently AMD's most affordable Zen 4 processor at $299 USD and provides six cores / 12 threads and a boost clock up to 5.3GHz.

Rusticl Can Run Atop Zink Gallium3D Atop Intel's ANV Vulkan Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 19:42
Red Hat's Karol Herbst has managed to get his Rust-based OpenCL implementation "Rusticl" running atop the Zink Gallium3D driver that in turn runs atop Vulkan drivers...

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